ATI Radeon X1600 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1600

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 635 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 46 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 49 vs 34
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2007 vs 23 October 2003
Core clock speed	635 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 46 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	49 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

126

Name	ATI Radeon X1600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	49	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	126
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rankine
Code name	RV516	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 January 2007	23 October 2003
Place in performance rating	1277	1280
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	635 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2.54 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2